Tiananmen Square, 1989

From June 3-4, 1989 a democracy movements had grown in strength since the arrival of Deng and the arrival of Gorbachev with his policies of Perestroika and GlasnostOn May 4 1989 they had mass rallies in honour of the 70th anniversary of the last major democratic uprising Many students remain and start a hunger strike Li Peng took a harsh stance on this and ordered the PLA to take whatever action necessary An army arrived in early June and were reluctant to deal with the crowd
But on June 3rd they broke into the square and opened fire Approximately 400-800 people killed, many were not students and many killed on streets outside of the squareThough they said no one had been killed Reaffirmed China’s hardline on party dissent and public freedoms Many people were charged and killed, this they did say happened because they did want people to rebel again

Movement started because of the death of a leader in the Communist party And because of Gorbachev and the western media All begins student started the strike China – zero killed (the number the Chinese said Protests are now unacceptable in china Economical change has come to china but not political change